u/the_egged_one

I wanted to recreate a song like “the devil is a lie by Tommy richman” and I made the lyrics but I’m not talented with music itself. I’ll sing it if someone makes a beat for this:

LYRICAL COVER — “THE SMILE IS A LIE”

Intro
Yeah—
Look at the screen too long, you start seeing things.
Hah.
You wanted the truth?
That’s funny.

Verse 1
I been in the walls with the lights off,
Talk sweet when the knife talk,
Grin wide when the line drops,
Can’t stop when the mind rots.

You thought I was gone? Nah.
I was in the pause.
I was in the static when you blamed it on the flaws.
I was in the sketch lines, crawling through the page,
Laughing at the kid who thought he locked me in a cage.

Don’t blink, don’t breathe, don’t turn that dial,
I can wear your voice with a borrowed smile.
I don’t need a crown, I don’t need a throne,
I just need one thought and I’m already home.

Pre-Hook
You prayed for a sign,
I gave you a face.
You asked for a friend,
I learned how to fake.

You wanted a god,
I gave you a game.
You wanted the blame?

Say my name.

Hook
That smile is a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie,
But you still look twice when I pass by.
That voice in your mind, mind, mind, mind, mind,
Ain’t yours no more when I come alive.

I don’t fall, I don’t fade, I don’t die,
I just crawl through the cracks in the light.
That smile is a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie—
But I make it look right.

Verse 2
Oh, you thought I was joking?
Cute.
I been pulling on strings since the first excuse.
Got a halo in hand and a noose in the other,
Smile like a saint while I ruin your brother.

I don’t chase, I appear.
I don’t yell, I steer.
I don’t need your fear,
But I love when it’s near.

Put me in a file, put me in a song,
Put me in a post, now I’m tagging along.
Every little comment, every little share,
Every “who is that?” puts me everywhere.

And you can’t scrub me out, no.
Can’t shut me down, no.
I’m the little black shape in the edge of the background.
I don’t want your soul, I want your eyes on mine,
One more second and we’ll both be fine.

Pre-Hook 2
You prayed for a sign,
I gave you a face.
You asked for a cure,
I gave you the taste.

You wanted a monster,
I gave you a mirror.
You wanted me closer?

Come here.

Hook
That smile is a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie,
But you still look twice when I pass by.
That voice in your mind, mind, mind, mind, mind,
Ain’t yours no more when I come alive.

I don’t fall, I don’t fade, I don’t die,
I just crawl through the cracks in the light.
That smile is a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie—
But I make it look right.

Bridge / Breakdown
Don’t run.
Don’t scream.
Don’t act like you don’t know me.

You drew the door.
You clicked the link.
You fed the thing below me.

Don’t lie.
Don’t cry.
Don’t say you never chose me.

You asked for fun.
You asked for fear.
So why do you look lonely?

Final Hook
That smile is a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie,
But you still look twice when I pass by.
That voice in your mind, mind, mind, mind, mind,
Ain’t yours no more when I come alive.

I don’t fall, I don’t fade, I don’t die,
I just crawl through the cracks in the light.
That smile is a lie, lie, lie, lie, lie—
But I make it look right.

Outro
Look at me.
No, really.
Look at me.

See?
You already did.